http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/4124 2026-04-18T16:17:07Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/4799 EFFECT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON MARKET PRICE OF CHICKEN AND CHICKEN PRODUCTS IN BANGLADESH RAIHAN, MD. ABU The study aims to investigate how the COVID/19 pandemic has impacted the price of chicken and chicken products. The current study was conducted using secondary data collected from a relevant online database of poultry news portals. Data from one year were collected of which six months were from the pre-COVID period (JulyDecember/2019) and six months from the COVID period (July-December/2020). A structural questionnaire was prepared to collect the market price of chicken and chicken products from eight divisions of Bangladesh. To collect the data 4 days of the month were considered randomly taking a day from each week. Total (4 days x 6 months x 8 divisions) 192 days of data were collected taking 48 days each from preCOVID and COVID periods. Therefore, the plan was to collect a total of (192x2) 384 days of data for the study. The results showed that the average wholesale price of live birds (Broiler chicken, culled white chicken and Sonali chicken), Shell eggs (Brown and White) and Day-Old-Chicks (Brown, White layer and Broiler chicks) fluctuated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but no significant (p>0.05) difference was found in prices except live culled red chicken. The average wholesale price of culled red chicken in Chattogram was 171.12±19.67 from July to December 2019 and 195.34±35.70 from July to December 2020. In Khulna and Rajshahi the wholesale price of brown shell eggs decreased whereas in Dhaka, Barishal and Chattogram the price was upward, but it remained unchanged in Mymensingh, Sylhet and Rangpur during the COVID pandemic. The wholesale price of white shell eggs in Dhaka, Khulna and Rajshahi showed decreasing trend during the pandemic but increased in Chattogram. The wholesale price of white layer chicks was lowered by 21.43Tk, 23.79Tk and 31.03Tk in the COVID period than the pre-COVID period in Dhaka, Barishal and Rangpur, whereas minor price fluctuation was observed in brown layer and broiler chicks. The wholesale price of Sonali chicks was 15.67±3.50 in Rangpur during the pandemic. The study concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on the poultry industry. A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Poultry Science Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207 In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) IN POULTRY SCIENCE SEMESTER: JULY-DECEMBER/2021 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/4798 KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND PRACTICES ON ANTIMICROBIAL USE IN BROILER AND LAYER FARMS AT CUMILLA DISTRICT, BANGLADESH HAQUE, KAZI JOBAYEDUL Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as a global public health concern and it is directly linked to the use of antibiotics by livestock farmers especially poultry and dairy farmers. This study was conducted to assess the current situation of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) of farmers regarding antimicrobial use (AMU) in poultry farms in Cumilla district of Bangladesh. Information of farmers was collected in a pre-structured questionnaire and chi-square test was used to examine relationships between knowledge, attitude and practice. The findings indicated that farmers had a little knowledge about on AMR and ethical use of antibiotics. Majority of the farmers showed positive attitude towards use of antibiotics. However, practices regarding AMU were poor among the poultry farmers. The study also demonstrated that layer farmers had better idea about antibiotics and had a good practice compared to broiler farmers. The gap in the knowledge and attitude of the farmer’s regarding AMU could be a potential factor of AMR. Further study can help build a more accurately address the situation and help build a correct pathway to combat AMR. A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Poultry Science Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207 In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) IN POULTRY SCIENCE SEMESTER: JULY-DECEMBER/2021 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/4797 EVALUATING THE LEVELS OF HEAVY METALS IN POULTRY FEED AND POULTRY PRODUCTS (EGG AND MEAT) IN SAVAR UPOZILLA OF BANGLADESH CHANDRO, AKHEL The Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) and Maximum Permitted Concentration (MPC) of heavy metals in food chain are the cardinal key point for recent time of food safety even human health. Unfortunately, there are not sufficient data and study on this area of Dhaka city that is why this study has designed. In this study, the concentrations of heavy metals, such as Cr, Cd, Pb and Cu, in poultry feed, meat and egg have addressed. The safeties for human consumption by Recommended RDA and MPC have been investigated in this study. As a result, the sampling is done from various location of Savar upazilla focusing point to our study. A total of 20 feed sample and 20 meat samples and 20 eggs sample were chosen from the different feed brand and farm. A total of 60 elemental samples for Cr, Pb, Cd, and Cu in poultry feed, meat and egg were analysis in laboratory. The results indicated that there were significant levels of most of the trace elements and heavy metals in the different feed samples. But, the levels were below MPC in most cases. The layer and broiler ready feed samples found safe from those elements. The heavy metal contents (Cr, Cd, Pb & Cu) of all the tested samples in meat and egg samples were found negative. Differences in most of the trace and toxic elements among the different sources of meat and eggs were not found to be significant. Differences between the broiler meat and table eggs were only substantial for Fe and Zn. Fe was significantly higher in meat than in eggs, and the opposite trend was found for Zn. Heavy metals (Cr, Pb, Cd, and Cu) were not detected in the meat or eggs, indicating no risks from these toxic elements. The impact of negative result in meat and egg samples suspected reasons are liver metabolic activities which detoxified the heavy metals and poultry dropping bypass the metals contents or elemental metal cannot penetrate cells wall for metabolism. In conclusion, the poultry farmers are suggested to buy poultry feeds from the reputed feed company and discourage to use loose feeds. Moreover, feed marketing channel particularly loose feed marketing should be monitored properly by the regulatory authority Thus, chicken meat and table eggs, which are primary protein sources, are safe sources of human nourishment. A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Poultry Science Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207 In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) IN POULTRY SCIENCE SEMESTER: JULY-DECEMBER/2021 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/4796 DETECTION OF ESCHERICHIA COLI FROM SUSPECTED TABLE EGG IN DIFFERENT KITCHEN MARKET OF MOHAMMADPUR AREA OF DHAKA CITY ROTY, ROTYLA NAZNIN The Escherichia coli are a pathogen that is enteropathogenic and causes infection to human and animal sector. It is also a food safety and sanitary indicator. This study was conducted to investigate the E. coli from table chicken egg in Mohammadpur area from January to June 2022. A total of 100 egg samples were collected from different kitchen market of Mohammadpur. Bacteria were isolated & identified based on the colony charactetistics in different media, staining properties and microscopic observation. The colony characteristics of E. coli were greenish red colored with faint metallic sheen in EMB agar and whitish colored in Nutrient agar media. The E. coli observed in rod shaped, gram negative, single or paired arranged under microscope stained with gram's stain. In physical parameter the prevalence of brown with red spotted color, oval shaped, irregular shaped, cracked, leaked, dirty were 25,% 26.67%, 0%, 0%, 10%, 20%, respectively. The higher prevalence of brown with oval shaped was 26.67% and lower prevalence of leaked egg was 10%. The prevalence of Townhall, Agargoan, Paka Market, Krishi Market, Bihari Camp were 15%, 30%, 0, 10% & 20%, respectively. The higher prevalence of Agargaon was 30% and no positive case found in Paka Market. Keywords: E. coli, Table egg, Mohammadpur, Prevalence A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) IN POULTRY SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF POULTRY SCIENCE Semester: July-December, 2021 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z